wil

lary

As the weather gets more seasonable and we
pass the Canada Day holiday the number of golfers

out for the retirees weekly round at the upper
course increases. On Tuesday there were 60 and 64
last week. It would not be too surprising to see our
numbers soar into the 70s as summer arrives.
. This week, with Ferro Pellegrin and Red Ius on
desk there were not too many surprises, just a good
round of golf for all who took part. In the low gross
competition it was Roger McKeown taking the ball
with a 39, low net was won by Joe 1.anier who had a
29 and in the least putts competition, Matt Mattson
had just 11 to get that prize.
Bill Dobbs was closest to the pin on no.5 and in
the hidden hole department it was Tim Jenkin
taking low and Garth Barnes the high. Both were
played on no. 7.
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Next week's competition will see Tom Dobie
and Bill Woodburn on the desk and you'll find out all
the competition details when you arrive at the
clubhouse. Breakfast or lunch is available and as
usual, it will be good and the price won't put too
much of a dent in your bankroll. So save the good
wife from getting your breakfast or lunch on
Tuesday and plan to eat with the boys. See you
there!
After my last round I was dragging my feet for
the last three holes and I saw a doctor who told me
to lay off for a week. I had a little puffiness around
ankles and he said maybe a rest might straighten it
out and it seems to have done the trick. So I'll be
back again next week and see how it feels.
Well, I finally get to see one of the Legion
Royals games on Monday night and wasn't
disappointed, the boys vanquished their rivals,
Hooch's.Scrap 25-19, lots of runs but lots of sparkling
plays were the order of the day, sometimes as many
as 5 runs in an inning by each team.
I don't know if the Royals had all their players
out for the game or not, all I counted were nine, but I
could have missed some of them. However when we
sat down afterwards Corinne McFarland wrote
down the names of all who were present. She gave
me 10 names and one of them was Kirk Oliver. I
don't know if Kirk plays for the Royals or not, he

was dressed as though he came to watch. Anyway,
the ones Corinne named were Rob Harasin, Greg
Richards, Walter Rosner, Wayne Shubert, Greg
Waite, Marty Brown, Sam Manson, and Dan and
John McFarland.
The team is now 13-0 and look as though they
could easily wind up the season that way. I think
seven more games are to be played before the
seasonal playoffs begin. This slow-pitch ball is
really supposed to be for guys whose reflexes are
not quite as sharp as they were at one time but from
what I saw on Monday night some of these guys
don't have too much trouble hitting the ball. The
way they get around the bases reminds me when
some of the same guys were playing the faster
game.
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I don't remember all of the Scrap players but
quite a number of them have taken part in ball, one
brand or another: Ken Dixon, Clare Anderson,
Mark Rusten, Bobby Profili, Pete Bourchier, to
name the ones that come to mind right now.
I see that preparations are taking shape for
getting help in the running of the Little League
championships to be played in Trail on Aug. 15-22.
Three games are to be played on Aug. 19 and there
will be 15 games in the tournament in the series. Our
Legion branch has been asked to help with silver
collections and the 50-50 draws at games Aug. 19
under the auspices of the Trail branch. We do not
anticipate any trouble handling this chore for our
Trail friends on an occasion such as this.
Well, with what remains of the slo-pitch season
in Rossland and golf, most of the other sports in
town are getting to the time of year when they take
a rest during the hot months to come and. return to
more competition in the fall.
Minor league soccer has now folded until
September when they will start again as have
numerous other forms of activity which require a
lot of running. In the hot sunny weather this is
sometimes a little much for the youngsters. Most of
the games that will continue will have most of their
activity in the evening hours.
And now, with time running out, I think I'll fold
this one up and say,
'Til next time, then!